Festival highlights in pictures
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Download Festival 2013
Total Guitar spent the weekend at Donington Park for this year’s Download Festival, hanging out with the best guitar players on the bill and managing to avoid the intermittent rain.
Here are our highlights of the weekend featuring shots from backstage and the main arena.
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The official festival mascot
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The Download Dog
Head and Munky discuss their forthcoming album and Head's return to the band
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Korn
Kurt Ballou and Jacob Bannon
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Converge
Kurt Ballou
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Converge
Kurt Ballou
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Converge
Mick Thomson
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Slipknot
Jim Root
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Slipknot
Mick Thomson
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Slipknot
Jim Root and Mick Thomson
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Slipknot
Mick Thomson
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Slipknot
Damon Johnson, Jimmy DeGrasso, Ricky Warwick, Scott Gorham
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Black Star Riders
Scott Gorham
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Black Star Riders
Scott Gorham and Marco Mendoza
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Black Star Riders
Erlend Hjelvik
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Kvelertak
Vidar Landa and Marvin Nygaard
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Kvelertak
Maciek Ofstad and Bjarte Lund Rolland
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Kvelertak
Vidar Landa and Marvin Nygaard
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Kvelertak
Anders Nyström and Per Eriksson
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Katatonia
Anders Nyström
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Katatonia
Mark Hosking
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Karnivool
Drew Goddard
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Karnivool
Mark Hosking
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Karnivool
Jim Adkins
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Jimmy Eat World
Tom Linton
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Jimmy Eat World
Jim Adkins
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Jimmy Eat World
Jon Theodore and Josh Homme
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Queens Of The Stone Age
Troy Van Leeuwen and Josh Homme
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Queens Of The Stone Age
Josh Homme
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Queens Of The Stone Age
An impressive stage set for the Brit metal legends
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Iron Maiden
Janick Gers
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Iron Maiden
Dave Murray and Adrian Smith
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Iron Maiden
Steve Harris and Janick Gers
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Iron Maiden
Dave Murray
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Iron Maiden
Dave Murray and Bruce Dickinson
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Iron Maiden
Jim Root
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Stone Sour
Josh Rand
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Stone Sour
Jim Root
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Stone Sour
Brian Fallon
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The Gaslight Anthem
Alex Rosamilia
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The Gaslight Anthem
Brian Fallon
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The Gaslight Anthem
Alex Rosamilia
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